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6. Two Futures

Anders' life is moving on. But Tina still feels trapped in hers. Starring Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter.

Anders' life is moving on. But Tina still feels trapped in hers.

In 1964, Professor Glob, the curator of the Silkeborg Museum in Denmark, dedicated his book The Bog People to a group of schoolgirls who had written to him about his recent archaeological discoveries.

50 years later, at a defining moment in her life, Tina Hopgood writes him another letter about a planned pilgrimage to Denmark with her best friend, Bella, to visit the 2000-year-old Tollund Man.

Why did they never make the trip?

She doesn’t expect a reply.

When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator responds, neither does he.

Their unexpected correspondence becomes a shared meditation on love, loss, life choices made and the opportunity to make new and different ones.

Anne Youngson's novel in the form of letters.

Adapted by Richard Leaf.

Tamsin Greig ...... Tina
Paul Ritter ...... Anders

Producer: Karen Rose

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in March 2021.

7 days left to listen

14 minutes

Last on

Tue 13 May 2025 03:45

Broadcasts

  • Mon 29 Mar 2021 10:45
  • Mon 27 Sep 2021 12:04
  • Mon 12 May 2025 08:45
  • Mon 12 May 2025 13:45
  • Mon 12 May 2025 19:45
  • Tue 13 May 2025 03:45